John Tortorella Comments on His Decision Behind Benching Two of His Top Players For The Entire Third Period in Flyers Recent Loss
The Flyers currently rank third in the Metro division, two slots below the Flyers rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers are off to a historic season start, alongside goaltender Carter Hart who has won 4/4 of his games, last done by Ron Hextall in the late 1980's.
The Flyers held a record of four wins and one loss heading into their most recent game against the San Jose Sharks who sit dead last in the NHL, but the Flyers did not show the fight they did against a struggling team, and lost 3-0.
Sadly, some Flyers fans feel the need to point fingers after the team takes a loss, this time they were pointed in the wrong direction, but at Flyers head coach John Tortorella. Torts decided to bench Kevin Hayes and Travis Konecny for the entire third period that was twenty minutes due to the sloppiness in play that he noticed.
Torts was asked after the game about his decision making behind benching the two, and he stated ''I will leave that to be discussed in the locker room''.
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Torts was asked about it once again, and basically said it's now over and they are past that. View the full quote below, brought to you by Giana Jade.
«It was a day at the office, and I had to make a decision,» John Tortorella said of benching Kevin Hayes and Travis Konecny. He said they've already turned the page, and it was a good practice today. Said he hasn't forgotten how well they've played otherwise.
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